Expanded Academic ASAP
Expanded Academic ASAP is Gale, part of Cengage Learning’s premier
database for research in all the academic disciplines. Expanded
Academic ASAP offers balanced coverage of every academic discipline
from advertising and microbiology to history and women’s studies.
Combining indexing, abstracts, full text and images, this comprehensive
resource delivers answers for both the new and the experienced
researcher – all in one seamless search.
An all-in-one self-service database, Expanded Academic ASAP
combines numerous sources from every academic field: disciplinespecific titles such as Australian Journal of Language and Literacy;
area- and issue-specific journals such as the Journal of Contemporary
Asia; publications with cross-disciplinary perspectives, such as the
Australian Journal of Politics and History; all-inclusive, national news
magazines like Newsweek and The Atlantic; and late-breaking news
from The New York Times and The Sunday Times (England).
The scope and depth of coverage in Expanded Academic ASAP satisfies
the broad spectrum of students and faculty and graduate researchers
who depend on your library for answers every day.
Subscribe to Expanded Academic ASAP and your library gains
24-hour remote access to the right academic sources, through
your preferred interface, with the right technical configuration for
your needs.
SAMPLE SEARCH:
For the person studying the recent history of race relations, Expanded
Academic ASAP delivers:
Databases
Database
Coverage of the Journal of the American Ethnic History and the
Journal of American Culture, as well as Ethnic and Racial Studies,
Ethnohistory and Ethnology.
Background information on specific areas and ethnic groups in such
journals as Japan Quarterly, The Middle East and African-American
Review.
Recent news and features on race relations provided from
The New York Times.
CONTENT:
Balanced coverage is available
through a variety of sources,
including:
Social science journals
Humanities journals
Science and technology journals
National news periodicals
General interest magazines
The New York Times
(indexed only)
FEATURES:
InfoTrac InfoMarks – with
InfoMarks, users can bookmark,
copy and paste URLs, enabling
them to save, re-use and share
search results.
Superior indexing and a vast
controlled vocabulary to aid
searchers in locating relevant
information, alleviating the
aggravation of hunting for the
exact term.
Many ‘See’ and ‘See also’
references to guide users to
similar or related topics.
Customisable search options that
you configure and control.
Additional tools to assist your
library patron. They include:
help, dictionary, view mark list,
start over, limit search, e-mail or
retrieval, link and title list.
www.gale.cengage.com/ExpandedAcademic/
Expanded Academic ASAP
POWERSEARCH:
ACCESS AND DELIVERY OPTIONS:
Intuitive, flexible and powerful, the PowerSearch interface
makes Expanded Academic ASAP a truly self-service
database for your library patrons. It features:
Subscribe to Expanded Academic ASAP and enjoy
the benefits of a self-service research solution,
through your preferred interface, with the right
technical configurations for your library. Expanded
Academic ASAP offers a full range of access
and delivery options to meet your particular
requirements, such as:
Several levels of searching to provide the most precise
results with the greatest ease for searchers with differing
experience levels. With PowerSearch, four different
search modes are easy to activate and use:
Basic Search
Subject guide search
Publication search
Advanced Search
24-hour Web access, expanding database
availability beyond library walls and
operating hours
Precise control over remote web access through
the Remote Patron Authentication Service
A PERFECT FIT FOR YOUR LIBRARY:
Z39.50 compliance
It’s easy to integrate Expanded Academic into your library
with these features specifically designed for that purpose:
MARC 856 – direct access from your OPAC to
InfoTrac periodicals, using our patented InfoMark
technology.
Delivery of millions of full-text articles –
even by email
Links to holdings – a web-based feature that allows
patrons to search library holdings from Expanded
Academic ASAP.
The best statistical reporting package on the market –
fully customisable for individual library statistics or
consortia-level reporting.
For more information or to a request a free trial please contact your regional consultant:
Carole Bloomer
Regional Consultant
Australia
Tel: 03 9685 4279
Mobile: 0400 005 834
[email protected]
Liza Fisher
Regional Consultant
(New Zealand, South Pacific)
Mobile: 027 492 8177
[email protected]
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